19th Day of Spring, 510 AV
It had been just a normal day hunting when he’d found the strange tracks. Well, they weren’t so strange to him at least, they were quite familiar. Canine tracks had littered the ground ahead of him, that much he was certain. But they had started out as human footprints. Kelvics seemed to be fairly common but the se tracks were fresh, maybe even a few hours old if that. The idea of meeting another Kelvic was too good to pass up. He was supposed to have returned to Syliras by now. He hoped Kamalia wasn’t worrying too much. Would she send out a search party? That would be rather embarrassing.
The Ivaski sighed inwardly, his massive form barely hidden by the greenery of the woods around him. There were so many fresh scents in the air as the forest burst to life around him. All the greens of different colours, the vibrant flashes of new flowers in bloom. There were so many scents hanging on the wind and around the trees. But it was good, it was new life, the world reborn and he revelled in his new playground.
Yet despite the springtime, hunting today had been scarce. It was just one of those days where he never caught anything. Maybe he could catch and kill the Kelvic. No, Wolves would make for a bad meal. It would have to be some kind of herd animal if he was to supply both the Welcome Home and his tanning friend at the Leather Shop.
But this Kelvic appeared to be as elusive as the prey today. He wouldn’t where it would be and why it was travelling so. It may have been far from Nya’s territory but it seemed to move with some kind of purpose and was heading in the same direction. Worst of all he was in the wind so if it caught his scent then chances are he would never catch it anyway. He was curious though, maybe another bell spent following these tracks and he could travel home before it got too dark.